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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Fibonacci & Golden Ratio Glossary
The core terms — the golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence themselves, the Lucas numbers, the pentagon and pentagram, continued fractions, and the recursive thinking behind them all.
11 entriesThe Golden Ratio in Nature Glossary
Where spiral and phyllotaxis patterns actually turn up — nautilus shells, sunflower seed heads, conifer cones and ferns, spiral galaxies and tropical cyclones, snails and chameleon tails.
13 entriesArt, Architecture & Design Terms
The people and periods behind proportion in art and design — Renaissance architects and theorists, M. C. Escher's tessellations, Bauhaus and Swiss-style design, and the manuscripts that carried the ideas forward.
12 entriesMathematicians & Mathematical History
The people behind the numbers — from Euclid and Pythagoras through Kepler, Pascal, and Euler, to the 20th-century mathematicians whose work still touches Fibonacci and golden-ratio mathematics today.
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